863 CDUS44 KLCH 230843 CLIBPT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA 340 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 ................................... ...THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 22 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 86 358 PM 98 2005 86 0 93 1905 MINIMUM 69 524 AM 57 2001 69 0 70 AVERAGE 78 77 1 82 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.16 2.04 1916 0.17 -0.01 0.08 MONTH TO DATE 9.11 3.69 5.42 2.62 SINCE MAR 1 16.24 10.43 5.81 13.69 SINCE JAN 1 27.76 19.27 8.49 27.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 20 0 20 0 SINCE MAR 1 290 187 103 43 SINCE JUL 1 1262 1400 -138 866 COOLING YESTERDAY 13 12 1 17 MONTH TO DATE 151 219 -68 254 SINCE MAR 1 302 420 -118 625 SINCE JAN 1 332 446 -114 711 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1100 PM LOWEST 61 300 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 97 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 51 2001 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 23 2013...........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT MAY 24 2013...........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 808 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$